'Hatchet II'

Dark Sky Films

Dark Sky Films

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It's horror-sequel time as director Adam Green's follow-up to his cult hit - incorporating more than a mild dose of " Halloween" and "Friday the 13th" - casts Danielle Harris as the survivor of a slaughter engineered by a bizarre dweller (genre veteran Kane Hodder) of the Louisiana swamps.

She enlists a group of mercenaries to return with her so she can get vengeance, but achieving that aim is not simple, thanks to an enemy who never says die. Tony Todd ( "Candyman") co-stars in the film, which made headlines last fall when a major theater chain pulled it from all its screens. ** (Not rated: AS, P, GV) (Also on Blu-ray)